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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6140 - עָקַשׁ

Transliteration

ʻâqash

Phonetics

aw-kash'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1684

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse
1. (Niphal) to be crooked
2. (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked
3. (Hiphil) to declare crooked
4. (Qal) perverse

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4646 ‑ σκολιός (skol‑ee‑os'); 1294 ‑ διαστρέφω (dee‑as‑tref'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Micah 1

BSB (5)

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Micah 1

CSB (3)

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Micah 1

ESV (5)

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Micah 1

KJV (5)

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Micah 1

LEB (5)

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Micah 1

LSB (7)

Job 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Micah 1

N95 (6)

Job 2

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Micah 1

NAS (6)

Job 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Micah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Micah 1

ASV (5)

and pervert 1

but he that is perverse 1

but he that perverteth 1

it shall prove me perverse 1

they have made them crooked 1

BSB (5)

and pervert 1

but he who perverts 1

but whoever is perverse 1

crooked 1

it would declare me guilty 1

CSB (3)

declare me guilty 1

pervert 1

perverts 1

ESV (5)

crooked 3

make crooked 1

perverse 1

KJV (5)

crooked 1

perverse 2

pervert 1

perverteth 1

LEB (5)

but he who takes crooked 1

but whoever follows perversity 1

perverting 1

they have made 1

yet it would pronounce me guilty 1

LSB (7)

crooked 3

declare 1

made 1

perverse 1

twist 1

N95 (6)

crooked 1

declare 1

guilty 1

made 1

perverts 1

twist 1

NAS (6)

crooked 1

declare 1

guilty 1

made 1

perverts 1

twist 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

and pervert 1

but he who perverts 1

but one with perverse 1

it shall prove me perverse 1

they have made them crooked 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2906) s q g (גהקסה GhQSh) AC: ? CO: Crooked AB: Perverse: To act or walk a crooked path as being perverse.

V) s q g (גהקסה GhQSh) - Crooked: KJV (5): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) perverse, pervert, crooked - Strongs: H6140 (עָקַשׁ)

a^m) s q g m (מגהקסה MGhQSh) - Crooked: A crooked place. KJV (1): crooked - Strongs: H4625 (מַעֲקַשִּׁים)

e^m) s q i g (גהיקסה GhYQSh) - Crooked: KJV (11): perverse, froward, crooked - Strongs: H6141 (עִקֵּשׁ)

e^f3) t f s q i g (גהיקסהות GhYQShWT) - Crookedness: KJV (2): froward - Strongs: H6143 (עִקְּשׁוּת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[עָקַשׁ] verb twist (Late Hebrew id. (rare)); —

Niph`al Participle construct דְּרָכַיִם Proverbs 28:18 one crooked in ways (< plural, compare Toy).

Pi`el Perfect 3 plural עִקְּשׁז לָהֶם Isaiah 59:8 their paths they have twisted. Imperfect 3 masculine plural יְעַקֵּ֑שׁזּ Micah 3:9 all that is straight they make crooked; Participle מְעַקֵּשׁ דְּרָכָיו Proverbs 10:9 (compare Niph`al).

Hiph`il Imperfect וַיּעְקְשֵׁנִי Job 9:20 (Ges^{§ 53 n}) he hath declared me crooked, devious (in life).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עָקַשׁ to twist, to pervert. Arab. عقش and عقص id. Metaph. to pervert any one, in a forensic sense, is i.q. to pervert or wrest his cause, Job 9:20, “(although) I were upright וַיַּעְקְשֵׁנִי (God) would pervert my cause” (in the other hemistich יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי would declare me guilty).

Piel id. to pervert, Micah 3:9. To pervert one’s ways is i.q. to act perversely, Isaiah 59:8; Proverbs 10:9.

Niphal, pass. to be perverse. Part. נֶעֱקַשׁ דְּרָכַיִם whose ways are perverse, Proverbs 28:18.

Derivatives, עִקֵּשׁ, עִקְשׁוּת, מַעֲקַשִּׁים.

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List of Word Forms

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